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This series reveals recent natural disasters as they happened in real-time through footage captured by eyewitnesses who found themselves in the wrong place at the right time and boldly held up their camera phones to capture the eye of the storm.
2024
Hundreds of cameras capture a rare tornado outbreak in 2023 as it struck Rolling Fork, Mississippi and Little Rock, Arkansas; when a twister hits Lewistown, Illinois, a group of tornado spotters find themselves trapped in the eye of the deadly storm.
Hundreds of people in Nebraska and Iowa capture videos of their terrifying escapes as a powerful derecho superstorm tears through the region.
Maui faces the worst natural disaster in its history in 2023, as hurricane-force winds fuel wildfires that catch residents off guard. As eyewitnesses attempt to flee the flames, they film their harrowing attempts to escape from the eye of the storm.
Hundreds of cameras capture Hurricane Ida as the Category 4 storm slams the Louisiana coast in 2021, but when the superstorm shifts to the Northeast, eyewitnesses film harrowing encounters with tornadoes and flooding all the way to New York City.
Snowmageddon. When a rare multi-day blizzard buries thousands in Buffalo, one woman must brave arctic conditions to save a man freezing to death outside her home.
When a tornado outbreak strikes Texas and Kansas in 2022, eyewitnesses capture the chaos as twisters wreak havoc on the structures around them.
2025
In 2024, as a monster storm system unleashes a record-breaking derecho across Texas, eyewitnesses capture multiple destructive tornadoes on camera; when one twister targets a remote farmhouse, a weather spotter must race to save a young family.
In 2024, hundreds of cameras capture back-to-back hurricanes slamming Florida's Gulf Coast. Just as Category 4 Hurricane Helene brings record flooding, residents have no chance to recover before Category 3 Hurricane Milton unleashes over 40 tornadoes.
Hurricane Helene barrels north into Appalachia, dumping 30 inches of rain. As hundreds of cameras capture massive flooding and mudslides, one woman gets swept away by the deluge, until a man attending a wedding rehearsal jumps into the water to save her.
In April 2024, dozens of tornadoes ravaged NE's Central Plains; eyewitnesses find themselves in the wrong place at the wrong time as twisters tear through neighborhoods, demolish massive commercial structures, and topple semi-trailers.
During Christmas in 2023, severe storms unleashed an unseasonal tornado outbreak across Tennessee. As dozens of eyewitnesses capture the unbelievable, destructive power of nature, a twister strikes an electrical substation, triggering a massive explosion.
In May 2024, dozens of eyewitnesses capture rare twin tornadoes as they carve a parallel path of destruction across Iowa; with winds near 300 mph, the twister sisters topple farms, shred wind turbines and devastate the town of Greenfield.
2025
In March 2025, thousands of eyewitnesses capture disaster at their doorsteps as extreme atmospheric volatility unleashes a massive Texas haboob and more than 250 tornadoes across the southern states, devastating towns and homesteads in their path.
After hitting Category 5, Hurricane Ian slams Florida's Gulf Coast with 150 mph winds and a storm surge that sweeps away homes. Cameras capture residents who unwisely stay behind as they combat one of the strongest storms to make landfall in U.S. history.
When a rare winter supercell hits Kentucky, cameras capture the unfolding disaster as a powerful EF-4 tornado devastates Mayfield, leveling the courthouse, police headquarters and jail where officers race to rescue trapped inmates while preventing escape.
When wind-driven fires explode across Los Angeles in January 2025, cameras capture chaos and heroism as residents attempt to rescue loved ones and flee burning neighborhoods, while the entire city faces one of the most destructive infernos in its history.
When a rare EF-3 tornado touches down in northern Michigan, cameras capture the chaos and disbelief.
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The World's Deadliest Weather
2016
Reed Timmer
Self - Meteorologist
2026
In mid-May 2025, hundreds of eyewitnesses capture the terrifying power of severe weather as supercell thunderstorms unleash dozens of powerful tornadoes, tossing vehicles across motorways and destroying neighbourhoods and workplaces in eleven states.
